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Original Freas art with Kelly’s initial stamp. See images and ask questions if any! From Freas website: Frank Kelly Freas (August 27, 1922 – January 2, 2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the “Dean of Science Fiction Artists” and he was the second artist inducted by the Science fiction Hall of Fame. Born in Hornell, New York, Freas (pronounced like “freeze”) grew up in Canada. Neither parent had an artistic leaning and Kelly’s craftsmanship came from pure talent and intelligence, not the product of an artistic environment. He entered the United States Army Air Forces right out of high school (Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada). He flew as camera man for reconnaissance in the south Pacific and painted bomber noses during World War II. He married Pauline (Polly) Bussard in 1952; they had two children, Jacqui and Jerry. Polly died of cancer in January 1987. In 1988 he married (and is survived by) Dr. The fantasy magazine Weird Tales published the first cover art by Freas on it’s November 1950 issue. His second was a year later followed by several Planet Stories and more Weird Tales covers and interior illustrations for three Gnome Press books in 1952. With his illustration career underway, he continued to devise unique and imaginative concepts for other fantasy and science fiction magazines of that period. In a field where airbrushing is common practice paintings by Freas are notable for his use of bold brush strokes, and a study of his work reveals his experimentation with a wide variety of tools and techniques. Oer the next five decades, he created covers for hundreds of books and magazines (and much more interior artwork), notably Astounding Science fiction both before and after its title change to Analog – indeed, from 1953 to 2003. He started at Mad magazine in in February 1957 and by July 1958 was the magazine’s new cover artist; he painted most of its covers until October 1962 featuring the iconic character, Alfred E. He also created covers for DAW, Signet, Ballentine Books, Avon, BAEN Books, all 58 Laser Books (which are ow collector’s items), and over 90 covers for Ace books alone. He was artist and editor with Polly Freas for the first ten Starblaze books. Freas also designed the mission patch and painted posters for Skylab I; comic book covers; the covers of the GURPS world books Lensman and Planet Krishna; and more than 500 saints’ portraits for the Franciscans executed simultaneously with his portraits of Alfred E. He was very active in gaming and medical illustration. His cover of Queen’s album News of the World (1977) was a pastiche of his October 1953 cover illustration for Tom Godwin’s “The Gulf Between” for Astounding Science Fiction.

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STAR TREK Fanzine Fan Fiction Fanfiction 6pc Lot Datazine #53 July-September 1988 + Fesarius #3 November 1977 + Enterprise Reprise 1984 + Destiny’s Children April 1985 + R&R XIX January 1984 + One Way Mirror by Barbara Wenk May 1 1980 – complete in VERY GOOD condition from smoke free pet free home. Check out the other Star Trek Magazines I have listed! Please mouse over and zoom in on all hi-res photos! This item will be packaged VERY well.

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Rare fanzine: OBSC’ZINE – a STAR TREK FANZINE of erotic fan fiction and art – numbers 1 2 and 3, published in 1977 and 1978; they measure 8×11 inches, roughly 100 pages each, illustrated in b&w. Over-the-top sci-fi fan fiction featuring the crew of the Enterprise, including lots of homoerotic scenarios featuring Spock, Kirk and the others; many illustrations from low to high-quality; unforgettable! Condition: VG (bound with metal strips which have masking tape over them – the tape comes off pretty easily but leaves sticky stuff behind, but otherwise these are in EX condition). We are always happy to combine multiple items. WE NEVER USE STOCK PHOTOS – all images are of actual items. WE USUALLY USE MULTIPLE IMAGES. We grade all items conservatively, and when grading record albums we follow the Goldmine Record Guide. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Science Fiction & Horror\Star Trek Collectibles\Other Star Trek Collectibles”. The seller is “hamspapershack” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

• Type: Book/Magazine
• Vintage: Yes
• Genre: Science Fiction & Horror
• Series/Movie: The Original Series
• Franchise: Star Trek

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Original STAR TREK art George Barr 1973 Spock Kirk Uhura Science Fiction framed. We offer a rare piece of original artwork by Hugo award winning science fiction and fantasy artist George Barr. This piece was done in 1973 and is signed by Barr lower left. It is as far as we know the only Star Trek piece that George Barr did in his career. Barr did many science fiction covers, fanzine work, and even gaming work. He is in our opinion an under-rated artist. Frame measures 15 3/4 inches by 12 3/4 inches. Mat opening measures 10.5 inches by 8 1/8 inches. Actual artwork image measures 10 x 7 1/2 inches. Action scene featuring the best Star Trek characters we all know and love: Commander Spock, Captain James T. Kirk, Lieutenant Uhura, Nurse Christine Chapel and a fantastic robot. And an un-named crew member firing the phaser. I wonder what happens to him . As far as we know this has not been published. Classic Barr work, with pen work on paper and watercolor washes over top of that, and a few highlights (most notably here the phaser blast) over top of that. Done in a two-panel comic book style, with the bottom panel action crossing into the top panel. Fresh to the market, our consignor bought this piece from a well known California science fiction dealer many years ago and it has been in her collection ever since. Provenance will be provided to the new owner. See photos for condition and some content. From wikipedia: George Edward Barr (born January 30, 1937 in Tucson, Arizona, United States) is an American science fiction and fantasy artist. Career Barr’s work shows influences from Arthur Rackham, Hannes Bok and Virgil Finlay. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as one of the least appreciated SF/fantasy artists. His work is often romantic and whimsical. His technique involves overlaying pen and ink line work with pastel watercolors. A collection of his professional fantasy and science fiction paintings, Upon the Winds of Yesterday and Other Explorations, was published by Donald M. The volume debuted at MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, where Barr was the convention’s Fan Guest of Honor, along with Robert A. Heinlein, who was the convention’s professional writer Guest of Honor. Barr provided the full color wrap around dust jacket for the convention’s hardcover program book. Since then Barr has provided numerous black and white interior illustrations and dozens of full color covers for various professional science fiction magazines and for dozens of science fiction and fantasy book covers. He has also illustrated Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game supplements, including 1987’s Dragonlance Adventures, the Dungeon Master’s Design Kit, and several books in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Gamebooks line. — Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk: The commanding officer of the USS Enterprise. Keywords: LR csgjkd art artwork original drawing painting collectible collectable early vintage American Science Fiction SF SciFi. We package well so your items get there in good shape. All payments in US dollars. All items are non-returnable unless not as described. Kuenzig Books: We are members of ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America), SNEAB (Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers), and IOBA (The Independent Online Booksellers Association). All items come from a non-smoking, no-pets business. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution. The item “Original STAR TREK art George Barr 1973 Spock Kirk Uhura Science Fiction framed” is in sale since Tuesday, February 19, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Science Fiction & Horror\Star Trek\Original Series”. The seller is “kuenzigbooks” and is located in Topsfield, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Australia.

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